Reverend Daniel Batwell’ s Property is Stolen
Robert Moore, a Carlisle weaver, was appointed to take care of Reverend Daniel Batwell’s land in Middleton Township, Cumberland County.
North Middleton Township
Caprivi Postmaster Killed by Lightning
Caprivi is an unincorporated community in North Middleton Township about three miles from Carlisle on Waggoner’s Gap Road. The community was previously known as Grissinger’s after John J.
Venus, slave of Thomas Craighead, was Sister of the first published American Negro poet, Phillis Wheatley
Thomas Craighead’s slave Venus: Sister of the first published American Negro poet Phillis Wheatley. T.C. was Thomas Craighead (1789-1865) the son of John Craighead and his wife Jane Lamb. The “old Thomas Craighead” he refers to in his letter was his grandfather who died in 1807. In 1845, T.C. also contributed a history of incidents relating to his family that was published in I.D. Rupp’s History of Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry Counties…. p. 440-444.
Cumberland County Place Names
Cumberland County place names under the following lists: named after the founder or an early settler, geographical/geological features, and miscellaneous.
Cumberland County Register of Historic Places
The Cumberland County Register of Historic Places was organized by the Cumberland County Historical Society (CCHS) to recognize places of local historic significance that may not qualify for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cumberland County Servicemen Who Died in World War I
This is a list of the seventy-four Cumberland County, Pennsylvania servicemen who sacrificed their lives in service to their country during World War I. The list is compiled from the book Service records: Cumberland County in the World War 1917-1918 printed in 1935 by the Cumberland Cou
Mrs. Sarah A. Faber: From Carlisle to Constantinople
When Sarah Filey was growing up in rural Cumberland County in the 1830s and 1840s, she could not have imagined that ten years of her life would be spent more than 5,000 miles away in Constantinople, Turkey.
West Hill Village Blacksmith James N. Fry
The village of West Hill is located one mile west of Plainfield on Route 641 in West Pennsboro Township. The 1872 Atlas of Cumberland County shows the village consisting of six houses, a Methodist Episcopal Church, two stores, and a blacksmith shop.
Jack Griffith
Interview of Jack Griffith for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Griffith discusses growing up in Carlisle, PA attending St. Patrick's Church and School and the role of the Catholic Church on his life.
Index of Carlisle Valley Sentinel Newspapers - May 29, 1874 to May 11, 1882
This index runs from May 29, 1874 through May 11, 1882.